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J. Rf MORRISON.

DEVICE FOR POLDINGTHBEDGES of FABRICS.

Patented Jan; 22, `1889.

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JOHN R. HUSOY, 0F (lLlNS FALLS, Nllll' YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF 'lO JOSEPH llOWLEl', (.)lf SAME PLACE. Y

DelC FOR FLDlNG THEIEDGES LOl: FABRICS.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters PatentNo. 396,415, dated January 22, 1889.

Application tiled October D, i338. Serial No. 287,277. (No model.)

5 have invented certain new. and nseflll Inl-v provenlents in Clotll-h`ol lers, of which the followingis a Specification.

My invention relates lo a i'oldingdoviee designed more particularly for use in the man u- Io facture of cliffs, hut equally applicallle lo other uses.

In the application iiled i-Lv lne, Se 'iai No. 266,431, have described a method of mannl'aeturing euis in which lfold the el ges of the facing over upon the inlerlining and thon fold lloth fabrics together upon themselves; and the present invention designed to aeconlpliSh .this folding in aregnlar, smooth, and eiiieient lllallnel'.

In the drawings, lligurel is a l'op plan view of my illlproved folder; Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinal central sectional view oi'lhe saine; Figz, atransverse sectional view on the line al T,.and Fig. 4 an end view.

A indicates a llae-board or support, which will ill practice be made of a plaie of sheet metal, thesaid hase lleing designed To sllp port thetwo folding` devices Tl C, which are arranged upon the plate or hase l'lirectly in lille with each other, so as to canse a uniform folding of both edges of the fabric. I

The folding devices l and C will be provided with lateral feet or wings l),slo1l.ed, as shown, To receive llolts or screws E, hy which they are adjnsiabl)v seellrer'l lo ille plal e or base-hoard A, as shown in lligs. l and l.

'lhe folding device l, ily whiell the i'lleing is l'olded npoll ille inlerlining, compriseslllroe fiat piaf-es, l", (l, and ll, wlliell aregn'l'anged parallel 'and seenrell rigidly in positionrela*` lively te each other, So as lo 'ornl two passages or ellanneis, land .l, which will lle separated by the intel-mediale plate or pal'liion, (lr, as shown ill l `igs. L and 2l.

'llle lower plate, l?, pl'ei'erallhv, extend l'or` ward a short disllance in al'lvanee of ille top plate, Il, while The plaie ol' partiiion G lerlni- )lates al a poilli allolll iwo illelles (more or less) ill rear of ille l'ron edgesol' plaies l" and ll', as shown ill Fig. L and by dotted lines in Fig. l. At its front end ille lop plaie, H,

llends or elllves dllll'nward slightly foward the. llolronl plaie, so as to be on approximately ille sanle lille the parti tionplate G, aS shown ill llig. 2, and the side el gesof the 5f lower plate, F, alla lient finto -U formall'd iolded over ille edges-of the free end of the plaie ll l'o form ioldllgdips N, an' clearly shown in Fig. l.. It will be noticed that the upper channel or passage, J, is narrower than 6d the lower channel, I, and that the interlining, when it emerges from the upper channel, is Hat against the ll n der iaee of the end of the plate .l-i. Thefaeing, as it comes 'from the channel L-is caught at its edges hy the U- 65l shaped lipsN or' The lower plate, F, and such lips converge toward eaeh other and .5:- ielld-over or overhang the plojeoting end el vplate ll they canse the edges of tllefaeing to lle laid over llpoll the edges of illeinterlillillg, 7o as is clearly illustrated ill Fig. l.

lly ellrvillg or lll-,llll'lingtlle end of the plate Il downward elos'e to plate l1" it causes the in lerlining lo lie fiat and close npon the faeil'lg.

As ille faln'io leaves the folder il, il` enters 75 ille folder C, which differs 'i'roln the lorlner ill that it has lllllt one channel or passage, K, i'olnled by ille platesl'l and M, ille lal'l'er having ille edges llent inlo,lips of' U forni and arranged to overhang the plate L, as/shown 8o' ill Fig. l, in a nlanner silnilar'lo the lips N. As ille material passes tllrollgh lllis folder (l, its edges are ennglll.- ill the folds of The U- sllap'ed lipsol' ille plaie )hand lllel'ellvlnrned over llpoll ilseli', as clear!)v sllowll ill Figs. 1 85 and l.

'llle nlollllls of ille l'olders ll and will advisalllv be lllade flaring, as shown ill Fig. 2, so :ls lo nllll-e readil)l seellre ille easy elli rance olf ille lnalerinl. l '9o ilavingllllls deserilled nlv inl'enl iolmvhatl' elailll is v l. 'lll adeviee l'or folding the edges oi' oneA i'allrio npon the. edges oi' alll'ither`r ille eolnbination, with a folder, l5, eonlpl'ising The sepa- 95 rated channels I J, of' dil'lerent widths, one above the other, and the converging yfoldinglips N, ol' the folder C, provided with oonverging lips O, to receive ille douille ri'zlljlrie and fold il. upon iisell'. iocl 2. In a deviee'for folding the edges of one fabric .upon the edges of another, the combination of the plates l?, (l, Aand ll, separated from one another to form channels I and J, of dil-ferent widths, thel plate (l terminating short of the plates l and ll', and the plate II being bent down in line with the plate (hand converging folding-lips N, formed upon the lower plate, F, and extending from the lower channel, I, upward toward eaeh other and above and' overhanging the plate ll.

3. In adevice for folding cloth, in combination with the folder ll, having two ehannels, I and J, of different widths, separated by a partition, G, a plate, lI, forming the top .of the channel J and extending forward and downward in advance of and in line with the partition G, a plate, F, forming,r the bottom of the channelI and. extending' forward inad-v v.Vancev of'the partition (l, and U-shaped foldthe lower ohannol of greater width than the upper, of oonwrging folding'llips on each side of the body, arrangedv in line with the wider ehanneI, to receive thel fabric passing'through the latter and lot-urn it over upon the edges ol.' tho l'abrie passing through the narrow ehannol.

ln witness whe-,roof l hereunto set my hand in tho prosvmfe of two witnesses'.

' J()IIN"R. MORRISON Witnesses:

T. S. BARNEs, JOHN 13. PoN'rRE. 

